NHCAA distributed the Association's 2017 Year-in-Review highlighting the past year's successes and accomplishments, confirming once again that the Association provides our members, partners, and the industry with a range of effective resources to improve and strengthen the fight against health care fraud.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed significant changes to how medical loss ratio is calculated and reported for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans. If made final, the rule would expand the definition of Quality Improvement Activities (QIA) to include fraud reduction activities, including fraud prevention, fraud detection, and fraud recovery. NHCAA submitted a letter of support.

The Office of Inspector General recently released some helpful information and resources on medial identity theft. View the OIG website for more details.

On August 2, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the formation of an Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit as a new Department of Justice (DOJ) pilot program to “utilize data to help combat the devastating opioid crisis that is ravaging families and communities across America.” The new unit will focus on identifying and prosecuting people who contribute to the nation’s prescription opioid fraud and abuse epidemic.

NHCAA CEO Louis Saccoccio was interviewed by FoxNews for a piece it produced in covering the announcement of the largest health care fraud takedown in history.